Old school term used to describe a home-made concealable weapon (usually a runty firearm of some sort).
by Joshiro007 February 18, 2003
Cheaply manufactured pistol, usually in caliber .22, that no self-respecting, law abiding citizen would consider using to defend him or herself from some punkass shit wielding said firearm. The rest of us use real guns. Go ahead, Al Gore, ban them. Takes the attention away from the fuckin Brady Bill. Thank God it's over next year. More mags for that L1A1 I'm lookin at.
by Big Tim August 01, 2003
by Tuna Wanda May 21, 2005
A slang term for an inexpensive, small-caliber revolver. Dave Kopel, Research Director at the Independence Institute, explains:
The “Saturday night special” is in part a linguistic descendant of the racist phrase "Niggertown Saturday Night." The obvious implication of the phrase "Saturday night special" is that it is a gun used by "niggers" to shoot each other with during their wild Saturday nights. No one denies that the people disarmed by a "Saturday night special" ban would be predominantly poor and non-white.
The “Saturday night special” is in part a linguistic descendant of the racist phrase "Niggertown Saturday Night." The obvious implication of the phrase "Saturday night special" is that it is a gun used by "niggers" to shoot each other with during their wild Saturday nights. No one denies that the people disarmed by a "Saturday night special" ban would be predominantly poor and non-white.
by el Dietcrack February 03, 2005
1. An inexpensive pistol often of indifferent manufacture.
2 A song by Lynyrd Skynyrd about the above noted pistol.
2 A song by Lynyrd Skynyrd about the above noted pistol.
by sometreehugging liberal June 30, 2016
A liberal expression meaning an inexpensive handgun. (Of course, the REAL definition of an inexpensive handgun is CHEAP INSURANCE.)
Liberal politicians tell yuppie and soccer mom constituents that they will ban Saturday Night Specials, which makes the yuppies and soccer moms feel all warm and fuzzy.
Of course, banning inexpensive handguns deprives poor people of their most effective defense against Pachuco boys and other criminals.
Liberal politicians tell yuppie and soccer mom constituents that they will ban Saturday Night Specials, which makes the yuppies and soccer moms feel all warm and fuzzy.
Of course, banning inexpensive handguns deprives poor people of their most effective defense against Pachuco boys and other criminals.
by Cap'n Bullmoose April 19, 2005
by T-Twan February 12, 2008